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Flood Watch 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 14, 201313 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flood watch at Jan 14, 2013, 4:25 AM CST for 13 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2013, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 16, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

Counties Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jan 14, 3:46 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:46 AM CST, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 10:00 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 11:21 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 11:23 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	48 min
Jan 13, 6:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 13, 6:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Jan 13, 7:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	2 hr
Jan 13, 7:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	119 min
Jan 13, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	9 days
Jan 14, 2:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Jan 14, 9:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 days
Jan 14, 1:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Jan 14, 1:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	3 hr
Jan 14, 2:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Winston	3 hr
Jan 14, 3:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	18 hr
Jan 14, 3:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	12 hr
Jan 14, 4:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Jan 14, 5:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	4 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.